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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009916 | Ink recognition for use in character-based applications Methods, systems and user interfaces for providing feedback to a user based on recognition of character-based ink input are provided. A first feedback is provided to the user to indicate a character as which ink input by the user is recognized. The first feedback is... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7949189 | Imaging apparatus and recording medium In a digital camera 1, when the shutter button is half-depressed (Y at S2), face detection processing is performed on periodically imaged frame images until it is fully depressed (N at S6), and face detection results are cyclically stored in a d... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7734094 | Techniques for filtering handwriting recognition results Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that identify possible incorrect recognition results. Handwritten input is received from a user. A recognition operation is performed on the handwritten input to produce an initial recognition result. A possible inco... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7680334 | Presenting recognised handwritten symbols A method for presenting recognized handwritten symbols includes recognizing a detected handwritten pattern. Recognizing may include comparing the handwritten pattern to templates representing ways of writing symbols and returning a best interpretation of the handwri... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7440896 | Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Methods and systems for facilitating the selection of alternates for hand written word. Rules select words user based on operating modes and cursor positions and sequential orderings. User interfaces can also be used to select words and to provide alternates for the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430497 | Statistical model for global localization A system and process for determining the location of a captured image from a larger image is described. Using a list of determined locations, the system is able to determine the best or most likely path of a pen tip. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424976 | Portable terminal device, program for reading information, and recording medium having the same recorded thereon A portable terminal device and a program for reading information, which can read a code correctly with simple operations, and a recording medium having the program recorded thereon. A portable telephone with a camera has a camera for inputting information of an imag... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424156 | Recognition method and the same system of ingegrating vocal input and handwriting input The present invention relates to a recognition method integrating vocal input and handwriting input. After receiving a vocal input of an object alphanumeric symbol, the system will recognize the input vocal signal and generate a alphanumeric symbol array having a pl... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418136 | Method of shape recognition using postulated lines A method for recognizing shapes is disclosed. A computer, such as a handheld computer with pen input, is used to receive a drawing from a user. The user's drawing is then analyzed to identify the location of potential vertices of angles or knots of splines using a t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412095 | Preprocessing of multi-line rotated electronic ink An electronic ink object is preprocessed for improving handwriting recognition results. An electronic ink object, possibly having multiple lines of non-horizontal ink, is preprocessed by segmenting or separating the electronic ink object into one or more lines, comp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409090 | Handwritten character input device and handwritten character input processing method The present invention provides a handwritten character input device and handwritten input character processing method enabling easy selection of a text input area and reliable input of handwritten characters, regardless of where the text input area is located. The h... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409089 | Writing guide for a free-form document editor Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as ha... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394460 | Apparatus and method for hand motion tracking and handwriting recognition Apparatus and method for handwriting recognition including a hand-held device including at least one accelerometer providing an acceleration indicating output, computation circuitry receiving the acceleration indicating output and providing a velocity indicating out... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372993 | Gesture recognition A gesture related to portions of handwritten text is recognized. Furthermore, an action is performed against the portions of the handwritten text. The action is associated with the recognized gesture. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373322 | Two-way wireless communication system for financial industry transactions A method for providing assured communication in a two-way wireless financial exchange data communication system. An instruction signal for wireless transmission between a first device and a second device includes an assigned sequence number and an adjustable hierarc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369048 | RFID systems and graphic image fusion A security and/or tracking information and graphic image fusion system to be used with verification equipment to provide a tamper proof labeled article having security and/or tracking information thereon. The label comprises a printable sheet having at least one RFI... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360157 | Aligning content in an electronic document Aligning the contents of document objects on an electronic document page. Organizing a page of document objects so textual content is aligned to natural eye scanning patterns promotes readership and usability. When a user creates a new island of text, the new text c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356361 | Hand-held device A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352902 | System and method for detecting a hand-drawn object in ink input A system and method for detection of hand-drawn objects in ink input is provided. A detector may detect a drawing such as a diagram or chart from ink input by detecting closed containers and/or unclosed connectors in the drawing. An efficient grid-based approach may... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350156 | Audio signal editing apparatus and control method therefor Interlocking flag, indicating whether or not an interlocked display should be made, can be set in association with predetermined editing operators. When any of the operators is operated, a displayed screen on a display is switched over to a screen related to the ope... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343372 | Direct navigation for information retrieval A method of document retrieval is provided. The method includes assigning concept labels to documents contained in a collection according to grammar rules, receiving a query, converting the query to a query concept using the grammar rules, and mapping the query conc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340413 | Transaction terminal apparatus The present invention is provided with an entry unit for entering a customer's signature on the display unit of the transaction terminal apparatus for executing a transaction with a client. The entered signature is then displayed on the display unit. By having the c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327887 | Increasing accuracy of discrete curve transform estimates for curve matching System and method for estimating a rotational shift between a first discrete curve and a second discrete curve, where the second discrete curve is a rotationally shifted version of the first discrete curve. First and second discrete curves are received. A rotational... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325020 | Input and evaluation of fractions using a calculator A method of input and evaluation of fractions using a calculator is described. The calculator receives a user-entered expression including a fraction where the fraction is entered using a division key. The user-entered expression causes the calculator to evaluate th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321689 | Serial storage of ink and its properties Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink strokes and/or with each stroke individually. Aspects include a data stru... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319789 | Serial storage of ink and its properties Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink strokes and/or with each stroke individually. Aspects include a data stru... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317834 | Serial storage of ink and its properties Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and property information. Properties may be associated globally with the ink strokes and/or with each stroke individually. Aspects include a data stru... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315649 | Information recognition device operating with low power consumption A character recognition device recognizing characters with low power consumption includes a data input unit for entering handwriting data representing a character to be recognized, a character recognition dictionary storing character recognition information required... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307622 | Coordinate detection device with improved operability and method of detecting coordinates A coordinate detection device is provided, which device includes an input unit which has a surface thereof to which a coordinate value is input by an input means, a calculation unit which calculates a difference between previous and current coordinate values input b... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302099 | Stroke segmentation for template-based cursive handwriting recognition Ink strokes of cursive writing are segmented to make the cursive writing more like print writing, particularly with respect to the number of strokes of a character. A stroke-segmentation module first finds the local extrema points on a stroke of input ink. Then the ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302343 | Compact text encoding of latitude/longitude coordinates Methods are disclosed for encoding latitude/longitude coordinates within a URL in a relatively compact form. The method includes converting latitude and longitude coordinates from floating-point numbers to non-negative integers. A set of base-N string representation... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302641 | Information processing method and apparatus for making document An operator is allowed to provide desired data definitions, file definitions and application definitions by entering familiar characters symbols and/or graphicals in a document. Having created a data item descriptor chain, a system recognizes a group of data item na... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295339 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises a function selection/designation section that obtains the designation of selection of a signed-document creation mode for creating at least signed authentic documents and/or copies thereof, a signature po... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295975 | Systems and methods for extracting meaning from multimodal inputs using finite-state devices Multimodal utterances contain a number of different modes. These modes can include speech, gestures, and pen, haptic, and gaze inputs, and the like. This invention use recognition results from one or more of these modes to provide compensation to the recognition pro... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295193 | Written command A handheld electronic device which is adapted to carry out at least one operation. The device is controllable by a user using the device as a pen and writing a command for initiating said operation, such as “dial the following telephone number”. A method ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296107 | System and method for detection of an accessory device connection status Embodiments of this invention provide for a portable computer that determines whether an accessory device is actively connected to it. In one embodiment, the portable computer may include a signal line accessible through an output of the portable computing device. T... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293231 | Data entry for personal computing devices In one aspect of the invention, the user can rapidly enter and search for text through a combination of entering one or more characters (a partial text entry) on a digitally displayed keyboard with a pointing device and using a search list to display a list of selec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289084 | Computer display apparatus A computer display apparatus includes first and second display units operatively coupled to a display controller. The display controller receives imaging instructions for images and display mode instructions for displaying the images, and causes the display units to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283669 | Fine segmentation refinement for an optical character recognition system A method and computer program product are disclosed for refining character segmentation in an optical character recognition system receiving as input a plurality of candidate objects. Each candidate object below a threshold character width is merged with another can... | 10/16/2007 |
